Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-09-10
BISHOP IRELAND.

BISHOP IRELAND.
He Talks U~nreserysdly About the
Catholic University, England. this
Vatican, and knights of Labor.
Washington, Sept. s--Bishop Ireland
of st. Paul, who q been in Baltimore
for several days attending the conference
of bishops engaged in fixing the location
of the Catholic university to be es-
tablished here, passed through this city
and was Q caller ut the Pioneer Press
bureau before leaving for New York to
night. Begerding the university, he
said:
The undertaking is INT of the grandest
the church has yet contemplated in this
country. 1t has been long charged, you
know, that the church was opposed to
general education, and e partial purpose
of this great seat Of learning is to dis
abuse the public mind of this illusion.
We had, OF course, to consult with all
the bishops in this country,
and ! may say that it was the
opinion OF almost all OF them that
Washington, ss the capital aud
central point OF this great country was
the fitteet place tor the university. The
exact site has been selected but as the
dstails OF transfer are not entirely COM
pleted 1 may not say where it lies. Con-
tracts will be at once let however for the
work and it will proceed without delay.
A part OF the purpose OF university is
q higher education for our priesthood to
place them 1pon a plane with priest
hood OF the church in Europe. Ii Will
be q Rort of postgraduate course and
the establishment Of it will coat 81 ,0O0,-
900. Buldings will be at once put up
and q faculty OF ten chairs organized.
We are to secure the best teachers, and
have secured the services of three OF
Europe's most eminent lecturers. Pas
ter the great German historian ia to
come to US from the university of Inn.
spruck in the lyrol, as our lecturer on
history and 81. Y. Veruat, from one OF
the universities of Rome, comes 90 q
lecturer on Aesyriology ane Egyptoiogy.
The third / am not at liberty to mention .
at an early day. The university will be
O n-sectarian in q way; that is its bsne.
fits will not be confined to Roman Catho-
Tics, 1t will have schools Of law and
medicine, and courses in the sciences
and classics free to all. The faculty will
be from within the church and the in
huences thrown around all who enter
the school will be dlstlnctively Catholic.
l am frank to say the purpose of the
uniyersity is to build up and strengthen
the church in this country. and the
church will remain pre-. eminent in all
work OF the great school.
Turning to other topics, the bishop
was asked his opinion OF o statement
telsgraphed from London that the yati-
can was Offering it's services ae q media
tor between England and Ireland, ask
ing as the price the placing of o nuncio
at London.
II don't think," said be, "that there ,e
any foundation for that statement. LII
Roms desires to place a nuncio at Lon.
don it would ask for the establishment
of diplomatio relations in an unequivo-
cal manner, and not as the price OF any
favor. AS to the plan itself, i think it
could not succeed. l think the Irish
people will work out their own salvation
in time. They have been steadily. but
successfully working ont their problem.
and the public sentiment of the world is
With them. 1t will be but q few months,
I think, till Gladstone returns to power
and the Irish question will be practical
iy settled"
"The church seems to have maintained
a strong position %throughout the strug-
gle" was suggested.
"That ia due entirely to the good
management. OF Cardinal Manning ard
the archbishop Of Dublin, who have
given the situation in Ireland daily
thought and attention"
Regarding his own reported elevation
to an srchbishopric, he would say
nothing, Stating that he could not talk
about that at present. Regarding the st
| titude of the church toward the knights
| of labor he said:
The church has Withdrawn its dissp-
prevail OF the organization, holding that
its secret work Is harmless SO long as il
| does not foment riot, immortality or lire
ligion.. While the church ls opposed tc
the secret societies Of all kinds, it holds
that the secrecy of the knights 10 rather
OF a poIiticals land business nature. such
as all men are entitled to have regarding
their buelness alta The organization
has shown no disposition to foment riots
and under the management Of Powderly
| don't think ii is likely to, although VIC
cannot tell whet would happen should
any other man be elected in Powderly',
place. Under the circumstances the
church has tolerated the association
without extending to 10 it's approval.
In conclusion Bishop Ireland said
/ called upon the president to-day
and had o pleasant chat with him sbou,
the Indians and other questions. He i.
full of the development of the northwest
and is anticipating great pleasure from
his proposed visit to st. Paul and Min
neapolIs
Bishop Ireland was asked:
what is the condition of your Indian
work in the northwest? / see you
priests are charged with having tot
much influence with Sheehan, the aRen
at White Earth"
We are getting along nicely. So fal
as Sheehan is concerned, he is, 1 snip
pose, a Catholic, but every one ! haY
seen, including Rev. Gilfllan, q protes
tant, says Sheehan is o good agent.
large number Of the Indians are Oatho
lies. I am much pleased with the pres
emit Indian policy OF government.
think it is the best we have had to
some time. Undesit the Indians ma
choose their own religion. I think it
much better than the old regime, whe
their religion was cut and dried for then
We are making good citizens OF til
} Indians, and they are really progressin
more under this administration tina
Fever before
AN nccAN GAZE